Table 24: Petitions for judicial review initiated and disposed of[1,2] in the Petition Department of the Court of Session, 2008-09 to 2016-17

2008-09

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

2016-17

% change since 2015-16

% change since 2008-09

Initiated

Judicial review

Environmental

0

0

2

2

1

3

4

1

3

200

z

Housing

2

1

4

1

.

1

2

13

15

15

650

Immigrants

177

210

266

195

224

231

323

393

262

-33

48

Licensing board

0

1

1

0

1

1

1

0

0

z

z

Planning permission

5

10

8

11

8

6

12

7

4

-43

-20

Prison authorities

18

107

7

3

10

17

17

24

6

-75

-67

Social security benefits

0

0

0

0

1

.

1

3

5

67

z

Other

30

49

54

31

48

49

39

55

48

-13

60

Total

232

378

342

243

293

308

399

496

343

-31

48

Disposed

Judicial review

Environmental

0

0

1

2

1

2

0

1

1

0

z

Housing

5

1

3

1

0

1

1

7

17

143

240

Immigrants

153

168

182

267

229

203

229

314

397

26

159

Licensing board

1

1

0

2

0

1

1

1

0

-100

-100

Planning permission

4

7

5

11

12

4

7

12

5

-58

25

Prison authorities

15

18

12

95

101

19

10

23

13

-43

-13

Social security benefits

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

1

2

100

z

Other

34

32

39

34

26

40

38

43

50

16

47

Total

212

227

242

412

370

270

287

402

485

21

129

1. Changes were made to the case types and final disposals recorded by the Court of Session from 2009-10 which affects the ability to compare petition type. 2. Figures for initiations and disposals do not necessarily refer to the same cases. 3. z refers to data not being applicable.